Yes, a lot of Old Navy stuff looks good in pictures but disintegrates after the first wash.
I call Gap and Old Navy disposable fashion. I can’t afford to buy it - even though it’s inexpensive, it just doesn’t last. I purchase mainly classic, neutral items - I might spend more initially but I get more wear out of the item and it lasts longer than one wash.
WIth me it’s more than just that it doesn’t last (I believe in years past it DID last and I bought a lot more at Gap, at least)- it’s that it feels cheap and bad quality to me. I’m not a brand snob (well, in athletic gear I am), but I need for things to have a certain “feel” of at least some quality. I work for a retail company and I was with my CEO in one of our stores. He has an entire career in retail. He showed me a $15 flannel shirt that we were selling for holiday and he pointed out the features that made it good quality even though it was cheap. The shirt felt good and lasted. That’s what I want even from lower end brands.
I guess we all want that. However, it is difficult for me to imagine how a quality constructed, decent fabric $15 shirt exists, unless the sewer is paid under minimum wage. How does this break down?
What does a long sleeved shirt take? A yard of fabric? How inexpensively can you buy quality cotton flannel in bulk?
It’s a subject I’m interested in because local seamstresses tell me they can’t compete with target and gap and close up shop.
Adding: Google says 2.75 yards for average woman
Well, you have to be willing to sell it at a very low price and not make much profit and rely on the traffic in the store that will buy other things with more margin. And, yes, I’m sure it was made overseas.
Resurrecting an old thread–never heard of LuLaRoe until I read about the company here. Then, a relative’s wife became a sales rep.(We are friends on Facebook.) I can’t believe the number of Facebook posts I get from her–at least 2-3 per day. In all of them, she is pitching these clothes, especially the leggings. I was going to buy a pair to support a relative, but after all these posts, I feel as if I am being hit over the head with a bat. I finally decided to hide her posts. Does the company encourage this kind of hard sell?
Wow, that IS obnoxious. I really dislike any direct marketing and just don’t engage myself. I do NOT buy from anyone who tries to pressure me.
I have rarely ever worn leggings. If it’s warm enough for them, I’m probably more comfortable in slacks or ponte pants. I mainly wear dresses in HI–weather here is more predictable than when I travel.
“Does the company encourage this kind of hard sell?”
Yes, very much so. LuLaRoe is multilevel marketing, MLM. In other words, a product based pyramid scheme. It sells the same way as Longaberger baskets, Pampered Chef, essential oil sellers like Young Living. The marketing works by recruiting your friends and family as not just buyers of your products but sellers as well.
Lularoe sellers set up groups, though, and aren’t contacting you directly through their “regular” FB page. You have to join their selling group, and the albums go up once or twice a week. They might do some promotions in between of outfits or something. If you are in a bunch of groups, it can get to be too much. You can always hide the person or the group and just go in for the album sales.
I’ve never heard of LuLaRoe and I’ve only skimmed this thread, but for those of you interested in a pant that feels like a legging I highly recommend the Eddie Bauer 5 pocket skinny pant. I’ve owned them for a while now and love how comfortable they are and yet look more (dare I say) age-appropriate for me. It was my go-to pant on several trips. I’ll include the link for them and also the around the house leggings I like too. They’re both 40% off this weekend.
It’s so funny that this thread popped back up. H and I went to see the original “Smoky And The Bandit” at the movie theaters this past week (special one time 40th anniversary showing), and my god, the pants that Burt Reynolds wore were SO TIGHT that it made yoga pants look like sweatpants.
I mean, wow. Tell me that people really didn’t walk around like that in the 70’s? Sally Field’s pants were every bit as tight. Ouch-without spandex that HAD to hurt…
^Oh trust me, people really did walk around like that. I graduated HS in 1978 and groan every time I look at my yearbook. And yes, those pants were not comfortable… 
Yes, I was HS class of 1975 – yes, those pants were not comfortable. Polyester leisure suits were very nerdly but at least had more “give.” I was very uncool and wore comfortable clothes, then and now. I love Ponte pants–they are comfortable while being more versatile and less revealing than leggings.
I recall wearing some very tight men’s Levi cords in the late 70’s!
Here are the summer J Jill tunics. ( I usually like their fall and winter offerings of which many go well with leggings) http://www.jjill.com/jjillonline/prodnav/grid.aspx?pfid=3712&sk=M&h=M Their sizes come in misses, petite, womens and tall.
Outside of a workout facility and if wearing skin tight leggings, I think that rear ends and inner thighs should be covered… I also feel that if the leggings are so tight or so thin than I can tell if a person is wearing thong undies or no undies, then they are too darn tight and too darn thin for public viewing…
I prefer lucy for leggings. I am tall and these seem to provide me with the best all around fit. FYI - they added a plus size line this year which has not fully taken off so there are plenty of good deals to be found.
I agree that we shouldn’t be able to see the pattern and style of female undergarments under whatever leggings/pants/ or other bottoms being worn. Sadly, many times folks reveal far more than most of us would like to view.
There’s a spectrum when it comes to yoga pants…from skin tight, true workout wear to flared bottom yoga pants made of thicker fabric …I wear the latter kind all the time. When the side seams are very subtle, and if you aren’t wearing a tuck-in top that reveals the “yoga” stretch waistband, they are impossible to distinguish from formal slacks. But they are soooo comfortable.
Responding to something a bit ago: I guess I’m in the minority here. My Old Navy stuff lasts years. I bought basically a whole new (limited) wardrobe when I put on a ton of weight last year from Old Navy and everything is holding up just fine- with at least weekly washes.
I’ll be wearing straight up sweats on my plane trip in 2 weeks. The horror, I know 
Comfort is key. This past trip, I mainly wore ponte pants–a thicker fabric than leggings and not quite as clingy. They were very comfortable and could be worn with anything, not just tunics.
Sweats are fine, as look my as they’re neat and clean. I’m sure you will look fine and be comfortable.
I love leggings and if it’s not summer, live in them when not at work (I wear tights and a skirt or dress). Mostly, I wear them with a long sweater, but not always. What is wrong with rears or thighs covered by fabric? Maybe at my age I just don’t care about judgement of others.
MOWC–this relative created a LuLaRoe group that also has her name. I don’t think she asked me to be in the group, but maybe she did–I don’t remember. (My sister-in-law claims says she is in the group, even though she didn’t ask to be in it.) Anyway, this relative posts LuluRoe sales stuff every day, sometimes twice a day. There are many videos where she’s holding up tights (videography is bad). She also posts personal information about her kids on the same site.
I would buy something because she is a new relative (she married my nephew–H’s side), but I am so turned off by her marketing that I decided against it. Now, I just hide her posts. She’s not doing the company any favors.